NHTSA Complaint #10236773 — 2006 FORD F-350 SD

TRAVELING @55 MPH, WHEN I RAN OVER A SMALL POT HOLE. MY TRUCK SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND STAY IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND SLOW DOWN TO A SPEED WHEREIN I COULD BRING MY VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL ( 35 MPH). VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED NO ANOMALIES. MY TIRES DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DAMAGED AS IF I HAD RUN OVER AN OBJECT. THERE WERE NO OBJECTS IN THE HIGHWAY. APPROXIMATELY 60 MINUTES LATER, AFTER I FINISHED MY ERRAND AND WAS RETURNING HOME, ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS AS MORE VIOLENT ERRATIC FRONT END JUMPING AND I HAD TO MOVE TO TWO LANES TO STOP MY VEHICLE. AGAIN, INSPECTION SHOWED NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I THEN PROCEEDED DIRECTLY TO MY FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I SPOKE WITH A SERVICE PERSON. I REQUESTED THAT MY VEHICLE BE PLACED ON A LIFT TO GET A COMPLETE INSPECTION. THE MANAGER REFUSED TO DO THIS STATING THAT THIS WAS A CONTINENTAL TIRE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF "STIFF SIDEWALLS"AND THAT I SHOULD RETURN IN A FEW DAYS FOR AN INSPECTION AT THAT TIME AND THEY WOULD PLACE A "STEERING DAMPER" ON MY TRUCK ( OF WHICH I MIGHT BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE" AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ONE IN WHICH I AM VERY FORTUNATE NOT BE HURT, MY VEHICLE DAMAGED, OR SOMEONE ELSE INJURED. MY DEALERSHIP IS POOH-POOHING IT AS IF IT IS NOTHING. *TR